Inventory of the James Hamilton Papers, 1810-1862

Collection Number 2346


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Online Catalog Headings
Biographical Note
Collection Overview
Related Material
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Hamilton, James, 1786-1857.
Title
James Hamilton Papers, 1810-1862
Call Number
2346
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
40 items.
Abstract
Governor of South Carolina, planter, diplomat of the Republic of Texas. Microfilm of letters between James Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Heyward and sons, James Randolph, Thomas Lynch, Henry, and D. H. (Daniel Heyward) Hamilton. Microfilm. Letters describe business trips, plantation operation, and financial arangements for the sale of slaves. Letters, 1861-1862, from D. H. Hamilton discuss the need for local troops to protect towns and homes, describe his regiment's part in several battles, and discuss what to do with slaves during the war. Letters from Elizabeth's cousins discuss family news, abolition, blockades, and the intervention of England and France in the Civil War. Also included are several letters from a Southern sympathizer in New York (State).


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Administrative Information

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Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the James Hamilton Papers, #2346, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Antislavery movements--United States.
Hamilton, Daniel H., b. 1838.
Hamilton, Elizabeth Heyward.
Hamilton, Henry.
Hamilton, James Randolph.
Hamilton, James, 1786-1857.
Hamilton, Thomas Lynch.
Plantations--South Carolina.
Sectionalism (United States)
Slavery--South Carolina.
Slaves--South Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Blockades.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Foreign.
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Related Material

See also James Hamilton Papers (#1489), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Biographical Note

Governor of South Carolina, planter, diplomat of the Republic of Texas.

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Collection Overview

Microfilm. Letters between James Hamilton and his wife Elizabeth Heyward and sons, James Randolph, Thomas Lynch, Henry, and D. H. (Daniel Heyward) Hamilton. Letters describe business trips, plantation operation, and financial arangements for the sale of slaves. Letters, 1861-1862, from D. H. Hamilton discuss the need for local troops to protect towns and homes, describe his regiment's part in several battles, and discuss what to do with slaves during the war.

Letters from Elizabeth's cousins discuss family news, abolition, blockades, and the intervention of England and France in the Civil War. Also included are several letters from a Southern sympathizer in New York (State).